Apple developing smaller-sized iPad for 2011?

According to Digitimes Research senior analyst Mingchi Kuo, Apple is already developing a smaller version of the iPad, reportedly anywhere from 5-to-7 inches, which it will launch in early 2011.

Kuo based his conclusion on talks "with upstream component sources," and he also concludes that the smaller iPad will sell for somewhere between $300 and $400.

The device will be targeted at at the "highly-portable mobile device market and consumers that focus mainly on reading and do not have a high demand for text input," meaning it will basically be an e-reader that additionally has all the other perks of an iPad.

When asked about the HP Slate, Kuo says it will not be any competition to the iPad, mainly due to its low battery life.

Originally posted by kfir1: Why are these people buying this ipad junk. My friend lost interest after a day and sold his ipad in ebay. The worst part is you cant print not mentioning battery life. JUNNNK!!!!!

STOP BUYING JOBS GARBAGE .............

Wait for the slate people.

slate isnt much better with 5 hour basic battery life..imagine how long it'll last if you play movies on it..anyway..wait for a better device to come along..nither is worth the dough

I thought the whole point of an ipad (an over sized ipod touch) was for the bigger screen the whole point of it is to read books more easily that's it why would you browse the web on it it has no flash support. If they shrink it its just a damn ipod touch what they should have done is put OSX on the ipad i think it's a huge waste of money even the hp slate yes it has a full os but so do netbooks and i am sure some netbooks get more then 5 hours of battery life

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 10 Apr 2010 @ 17:01